Sentences with phrase «bollworm caterpillar»
A pink bollworm caterpillar emerges after devouring the seeds within a cotton boll.
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Pink bollworm caterpillars munching on Bt cotton die before becoming adults and therefore do not reproduce.
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The caterpillar pest Helicoverpa zea (also known as cotton bollworm and corn earworm) has evolved resistance to four Bt proteins produced by biotech crops.
Their findings, reported in the May 19 issue of the journal PLOS ONE, shed light on how the global caterpillar pest called pink bollworm overcomes biotech cotton, which was designed to make an insect - killing bacterial protein called Bt toxin.
Caterpillars of the pink bollworm are one of the most detrimental pests to cotton production worldwide.
Caterpillars of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) are one of the most detrimental pests to cotton production worldwide.